Jailed for less than two months? Then you won't go to prison yet
9 months, 1 week ago

Jailed for less than two months? Then you won't go to prison yet

Dutch News  

People who are sentenced to a maximum of two months in prison will have to serve their time at a later date because of the shortage of staff, legal protection minister Franc Weerwind said on Friday. This “acute and temporary” measure may also be supplemented by more electronic tagging and time in rehabilitation units rather than jail, the minister said in a briefing to MPs. Earlier, the minister said people who report to prison themselves to serve a short sentence will not be locked up in an effort to offset the shortage of staff. The measures are “painful and difficult but necessary,” Weerwind said, adding that the strategy is focused on ensuring people convicted of serious crimes are locked up.

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More criminals will be spared jail to cope with shortfall of 12,400 prison spaces: Offenders will live under house arrest and wear tags - with Labour's early release scheme set to continues for years
2 weeks, 5 days ago

More criminals will be spared jail to cope with shortfall of 12,400 prison spaces: Offenders will live under house arrest and wear tags - with Labour's early release scheme set to continues for years

Daily Mail  

More criminals will be spared jail after a damning report revealed the full scale of the overcrowding crisis. The current expansion plans are 'insufficient to meet projected future demand', with the MoJ 'relying' on measures like the sentencing review announced in October to 'reduce demand for prison places and close the gap between demand and capacity' and 'address a projected …

More prisoners to leave jail early in next phase of bid to free up cell space
2 months ago

More prisoners to leave jail early in next phase of bid to free up cell space

The Independent  

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If our prisons are at breaking point, why are prisoners sentenced to one year still there 19 years later?
2 months ago

If our prisons are at breaking point, why are prisoners sentenced to one year still there 19 years later?

The Independent  

When any royal visits a prison, the governor inevitably chooses only the most trusted residents to take part in any meet-and-greet. James Lawrence, handed an eight-month minimum tariff in 2006 by a judge as part of an IPP sentence for threatening someone with an imitation pistol, is still inside more than 18 years later. But that doesn’t mean that I …

Prisoners trapped on indeterminate jail terms not included in Labour government’s sentencing review
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Prisoners trapped on indeterminate jail terms not included in Labour government’s sentencing review

The Independent  

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Labour reveals 5,500 prisoners will be freed early amid overcrowding in jails
5 months ago

Labour reveals 5,500 prisoners will be freed early amid overcrowding in jails

The Independent  

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Additional measures due to lack of cells, convicts sent to prison later
9 months, 1 week ago

Additional measures due to lack of cells, convicts sent to prison later

NL Times  

Due to the shortage of prison guards, outgoing Minister Franc Weerwind is taking two additional measures to reduce the pressure on prisons acutely. For instance, people who still have to serve a prison sentence of up to two months will have to do so at a later date. For instance, he wants to make electronic supervision at the end of …

Jailed for less than two months? Then you won't go to prison yet
9 months, 1 week ago

Jailed for less than two months? Then you won't go to prison yet

Dutch News  

People who are sentenced to a maximum of two months in prison will have to serve their time at a later date because of the shortage of staff, legal protection minister Franc Weerwind said on Friday. This “acute and temporary” measure may also be supplemented by more electronic tagging and time in rehabilitation units rather than jail, the minister said …

Prison sentences under a year to be scrapped for most criminals
1 year, 2 months ago

Prison sentences under a year to be scrapped for most criminals

The Telegraph  

Prison sentences of less than a year will be scrapped for most criminals under government plans to tackle the prison overcrowding crisis. Alex Chalk, the Justice Secretary, announced on Monday there will be a new legal presumption that offenders facing jail sentences of under 12 months will instead be “punished” in the community by doing unpaid work such as “cleaning …

Just 557 prison spaces left as jailed population hits new all-time high
1 year, 2 months ago

Just 557 prison spaces left as jailed population hits new all-time high

The Independent  

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Gov't must do more to let Dutch prisoners abroad finish sentence in Netherlands
2 years, 1 month ago

Gov't must do more to let Dutch prisoners abroad finish sentence in Netherlands

NL Times  

The Dutch government must put in more effort to let Dutch people imprisoned abroad finish their sentence in the Netherlands, services involved told NRC. About 1,600 Dutch people are imprisoned abroad, according to the Foreign Office of the Netherlands Probation Service. According to the Probation Service and Dutch&Detained, a foundation that helps Dutch people imprisoned abroad, the rules around prisoner …

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